WEEK of October 28th-November 1st

UPDATE
Room 12! This will be a fun week indeed.
Reading- Our 5th graders are continuing to read Sign of the Beaver and our reading comprehension strategy focus this week is Compare/Contrast. In 6th Grade we will continue reading Tuck Everlasting. Our spelling/vocabulary will come from these books this week.

Writing-We will continue our Spooky Stories using Google Docs at home. They are due on Halloween Day. There will be an Author's Chair and we will read some of these in the dark ;-)

Math-5th grade is continuing to learn how to subtract and borrow with mixed numbers.
6th grade is also working with mixed numbers and improper fractions

Art-We are doing a fun and CHALLENGING Halloween scene along with a Jack-o-lantern Dodecahedron.

BELIZE BOOK DRIVE-We will be donating new and gently used books to Belize schools. Today Dwight Martin, a former 2nd grade teacher, gave a presentation about his time staying there last year when he established two school libraries for poor schools. Many students checked out a book for the first time thanks to our donations! These books will be collected for the coming weeks until Friday, November 22nd, when Dwight collects them and boxes the books to send.

Our party will be on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. See you then!

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Reading-Finish Book Projects-Due Friday/AR Quizzes due Friday, November 8th
Writing-Continue Typing Spooky Stories on Google Docs-Due Thursday
Speech-6th Grade needs to choose an informative speech topic by Wednesday
Spelling/Vocab-Study words
Math-Finish CH.9 Lesson 4 in HM-6th Grade finish CGP 3.1.2
Bring Books for book drive

HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Reading-Finish Book Projects-Due Friday/AR Quizzes due Friday, November 8th
Writing-Continue Typing Spooky Stories on Google Docs-Due Thursday
Speech-6th Grade needs to choose an informative speech topic by Wednesday
History-5th-do p.44+45 in wkbk
6th Grade-p.26+27 in wkbk
Math-Finish CH.9 Review in HM-6th Grade finish CGP 3.1.3
Bring Books for book drive

WEDNESDAY-
FINISH BOOK PROJECT!
FINISH SPOOKY STORY-Due tomorrow
FINISH Math Pre-Test 6b + CGP 3.1.4 
Dress Up!

THURSDAY
Finish Book Project
BE SAFE TONIGHT!

WEEK OF OCTOBER 22nd-26th

SCIENCE CAMP!

Welcome back to our seven sixth graders!

HOMEWORK MONDAY
5th Grade-
Read AR Book 25 Minutes
Math L32 Evens + p.181 Review
Study Vocabulary
CEREAL BOX PROJECT
Correct and Return Work

Learning Update
RTI-We are reading Sign of the Beaver. This is a wonderful book about a young boy who meets a native american boy. Our ten vocabulary words come from this book. Our Reading Skill focus this week is Noting Details.
I started a new read-aloud book entitled: Al Capone Does My Shirts. This book deals with autism, Alcatraz, and a young boy named "Moose" who lives on the prison island.
Math-We will be learning how to subtract mixed numbers this week. No test! As we are moving more towards Common Core, there will be less testing, slower pacing and deeper instruction. Hooray! No CST Testing this year, except for Science.
History-We are learning about the colonies and beginning a long term, in-class colony project.


HOMEWORK MONDAY
6th Grade
Read AR Book 30 Minutes
Math CGP 2.4.1 #1-6, 9
Write 10 Facts about SUMER from the Internet
Finish p. 23 in History Wkbk on Mesopotamia
Pizza Book PROJECT
Correct and Return Work 

This week our 6th graders are back from camp and they will be doing a few camp wrap-up projects. It was quite an amazing week and I am so glad I had a chance to be up there the entire time.
Learning Update
Reading-In RTI Students are reading Tuck Everlasting
I started a new read-aloud book entitled: Al Capone Does My Shirts. This book deals with autism, Alcatraz, and a young boy named "Moose" who lives on the prison island. 
Math-We are working with Geometry and Fractions in CGP
No Spelling!
Ancient Civ-We are learning about Mesopotamia, The Fertile Crescent and ancient Sumer.
Pizza Book Projects are due next Friday, November 1st. Don't wait until the night before...that would be Halloween!


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
6th Grade
Read AR Book 30 Minutes
Math-CGP Review
Pizza Book PROJECT
Bring $3 for Party on Friday
Correct and Return Work 


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
5th Grade-
Read AR Book 25 Minutes
Write 10 Facts about your colony
Math Finish Ch. 9 Lesson 1 HM
Study Vocabulary
CEREAL BOX PROJECT
BRING $3 for party on Friday
Correct and Return Work

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
6th Grade
Read AR Book 30 Minutes
Math- Finish Saxon L27 evens + CGP Course 2
"Juan's Shapes" MARS taskPizza Book PROJECT
P.24+25 in History Wkbk 
Bring $3 for Party on Friday
Correct and Return Work 


HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
5th Grade-
Read AR Book 25 Minutes
Math Finish Ch. 9 Lesson 3 HM-"Juan's Shapes" MARS task
CEREAL BOX PROJECT
BRING $3 for party on Friday
Correct and Return Work

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
6th Grade
Read AR Book 30 Minutes
Math- Finish CGP 3.1.1
Pizza Book PROJECT 
Dress up crazy or wear your favorite sports uniform
Type more of your Spooky Story (Google Docs)Use
these literary devices:

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1.   Foreshadowing

2.   Personification

3.   Symbolism

4.   Onomatopoeia

5.   Hyperbole

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
5th Grade-
Read AR Book 25 Minutes
Math Finish L33odds
CEREAL BOX PROJECT
Study Vocab/Ch.1-4 in Sign of the Beaver
Dress up crazy or wear your favorite sports uniform
Type more of your Spooky Story (Google Docs)Use
these literary devices:
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·     Dialogue

·     3 Similes

·     Flashback

·     Suspense

·     Point of View

Week of October 14-18th

Room 12,
Thank you parents for showing up for conferences last week! I truly enjoyed our discussions about each child's progress and look forward to seeing the kids reach their learning potential this school year. This week the 6th graders take off for Science Camp on Tuesday, along with the teacher! I will be with the 6th graders at camp Tuesday through Friday, and Ms. Ferrero will be my sub. Lots of learning will be happening, nonetheless. Here is what is coming down the pike this week:
RTI-Our reading skill focus for the week will be the main idea/topic when we read about Mae Jemison, an amazing astronaut and scholar. Last week the class did exceptionally well identifying the story structure components, averaging an amazing 98% on the post assessment and 99% on the story comprehension for the week.
Math-We will wrap up our unit on fractions and take the assessment on Chapter 7 on Tuesday. After this we will begin learning how to add and subtract with mixed numbers in Chapter 8.
History-Our new unit of study on the colonies begins Monday.

The Harvest Festival is Friday, and I look forward to seeing you there!

Mr. Sweet

HOMEWORK MONDAY-5th Grade
Read 25 min.
Math-Finish L28evens
+ Ch. 8 L2 (p.71+72 in HM)+Practice on Computer Link for Ch.7 Test tomorrow
Spelling-Study Words
Writing-Use Wordly Wise words to write a story about space. #11-25. Due Friday. Words need to
be used correctly and underlined
CORRECT AND RETURN WORK FOR A BETTER GRADE


HOMEWORK TUESDAY-6th Grade
HAVE FUN AT SCIENCE CAMP!!!

WEEK OF OCTOBER 7th-11th

HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25min
Science-Study for Test tomorrow
Math-5th Grade-Do Pre-Test 4b
Study Spelling Words


HOMEWORK MONDAY
Read 25min
Science-Study for Test tomorrow
Math-6th Grade-Finish Saxon L24odds+PreAlgebra 2.1.1
Study Spelling Words


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 25min
Science-Study for Test tomorrow
Newsteams-Choose a news article due tomorrow-print it (I can print for those without a printer)
Choose CEREAL BOX project book-book choice due tomorrow
Study Spelling Words
BRING BOOK FAIR $$$ for book fair visit tomorrow


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
Read 35min
Science-Study for Test tomorrow
Newsteams-Choose a news article and print it-due tomorrow (I can print for those without a printer)
Choose PIZZA BOOK project book-book choice due tomorrow
Study Spelling Words
BRING BOOK FAIR $$$ for book fair visit tomorrow 

HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 25min
Math Finish HM p.163 review
Newsteams-Write a summary on your article

Study Spelling Words



HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
Read 35min
Math-CGP 2.3.6
Newsteams-Write a summary on your article
Study Spelling Words



HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 25min
Math Finish L27odds
Newsteams-PRactice Speech
Study Spelling Words



HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Read 35min
Math-Algebra Review
Newsteams-Practice Speech
Study Spelling Words